


ever/never/more

by brightblackbird



Category: InuYasha - A Feudal Fairy Tale
Genre: Afterlife, Canon - Anime, Canonical Character Death, Changing Tenses, Cyborgs, M/M, Mid-Canon, Post-Canon, Pre-Canon, Steampunk, Steampunk Zombies, Twisted and Fluffy Feelings, Unhealthy Relationships, Zombies
Language: English
Status: Completed
Published: 2017-08-04
Updated: 2017-08-08
Packaged: 2018-12-10 22:41:29
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Chapters: 3
Words: 4,897
Publisher: archiveofourown.org
Story URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/11701350
Author URL: https://archiveofourown.org/users/brightblackbird/pseuds/brightblackbird
Summary: CRITICS AGREE: the most touching fanfiction trilogy you will ever read about irrelevant steampunk zombies doing the bonedown





	1. the before

**Author's Note:**

> this chapter is set at some point before Ginkotsu gets the gigantic face thing he has in canon; his eye and arm are gone and he has some kind of metal face thing going on, but he still has his ears and chin for the moment
> 
> I started this whole thing at least 8 years ago so much like Ginkotsu it is a lurching Frankensteinian monster of inconsistent writing styles, please do keep that in mind

There's a bird beating its wings somewhere in the vast greenery above them. Renkotsu lets out the slightest noise when the left arm touches him, resting under his cock as support while he jerks him off with the right. It's always cold at first but it warms slowly—he likes it both ways even if he's never quite prepared for the first contact. Ginkotsu knows this because he's asked. He doesn't like wasting time on things Renkotsu isn't happy with.

He can feel it when the arm starts to warm, the heat spreading through it from Renkotsu's body. He can feel in his left shoulder the heat rising off the back of Renkotsu's neck as he leans back, careful near the mechanical arm as

He doesn't have much blood left to rush to his own head, so it's always interesting to be reminded how it works. Inside a body, that is. He's more than familiar with the sight of it rushing out from a thousand different exits, or oozing out through burnt cracked skin. That still interests him too, of course, but it's not something he's likely to forget.

He doesn't like those thoughts much, actually, not right now. He brings his hand up to Renkotsu's face, half to reassure himself and half still preoccupied by the heat against his body. No less alive than his own.

Renkotsu leans his face into the touch.

"Mm," he says dreamily. Then, sharper: "What are you doing?"

"Your face is warm."

"Don't you _dare_."

His arm is yanked back down. He could keep it up if he cared to, but he's accustomed to letting Renkotsu push and pull as he wants. He lets himself be guided firmly back into the rhythm, Renkotsu's palm against the back of his hand, fingers lacing partway through his.

"You're all red, right?"

"I can't believe you're getting distracted by this nonsense."

"It's cute," he explains.

Renkotsu grunts.

"Don't be disgusting."

He comes with a gasp, a quiet one but a gasp nonetheless, and a shudder that rattles pleasantly through Ginkotsu's gears. He doesn't miss his lungs, but it's nice to see someone else making good use of theirs.

"Let's see how cute _you_ are, shall we?" Renkotsu's hand teases over his face for a second, then he pulls it away. "Hmph."

He's not blushing, of course. He rarely does these days. He feels guilty for a moment, but Renkotsu leans in anyway and nuzzles the slight scar on his jawline, tilting the mask up and running a hand along the soft spots that never see the sunlight.

"Tell how much you want this," he whispers.

"A lot."

"Tell me better than that."

"A whole lot."

"More than anything?"

"Right." He always has the words ready.

"More than anything in the world?"

"Exactly."

"Would you like me to _stop_ now?" The words are a hiss, breathed right into his ear.

He struggles for words, mechanical arm grasping emptily off to the side.

"If... you want to."

"What do _you_ want?"

"I want what you want."

"What I _want_ ," Renkotsu hisses, "is for you to finish the jobs I give you."

"I'm sorry."

He is sorry. The thought of Renkotsu being unhappy with him makes him shiver, flesh jarring against steel. He pulls him in closer with his right arm and bends the left around him for good measure. "Really, I'm sorry."

"Good boy." He's not really unhappy, still rubbing affectionately at his jaw."I know you try."

He has to use his own words to explain how lucky he is to be allowed to try—it's so hard to think like this when Renkotsu is almost purring into his neck, rubbing against the scar tissue near his mouth—it's less sensitive there but by now it's like little shocks are going through him, all over—he can feel it even in his metal and gears if he really concentrates— " _Gishishi_."

It's a very rough explanation.

But Renkotsu nods in agreement.

"Now what do you want?" he murmurs.

"I want—mm. I want to take this off..."

"You want to suck me off?"

"Yeah. Please."

Renkotsu pretends to consider.

"If you insist. Mm... give me a few minutes, though."

If he were the type to cry he honestly might from how lucky he is. He settles for pulling Renkotsu's legs firmly up, seating him sideways in his lap. Renkotsu settles in, satisfied, leaning back against the metal arm, now curled outwards to support him. With his left hand he fiddles absently with the hook at the end, stretching the claws out slightly to feel the resistance. Ginkotsu can feel the sensations only dimly as they run up to the nerves in his shoulder, but it's pleasant anyway.

He rubs his thumb against Renkotsu's face. They've thought of getting rid of the right arm as well, but swordsmanship requires a level of dexterity that Renkotsu hasn't figured out to replicate with a mechanical hand. Yet.

Still, he'll probably keep it. There are still some things worth using it for.

"You are cute, you know."

Renkotsu lets one arm settle comfortably over the metal shoulder.

"Do you want my dick in your mouth or not?" He's only half-serious now; he's staying on the left side where Ginkotsu can still see him. If he were really in trouble Renkotsu would be on the right side, against his flesh shoulder where he can't see his face.

He's rarely in trouble. The thought satisfies him.

"Sorry. You're not cute."

"Are you trying to make me get up and leave?"

"No, no no. Stay." He won't be able to walk for a few more minutes and they both know it, but

"You're awfully needy today. What else do you want? Should I tell you how much I _love_ you?"

"Might be nice."

Renkotsu pretends to think.

"Hmm. I'd better not. You might start believing me."

The bird above them is long gone and evening is setting in. He trusts everything Renkotsu says, and everything he doesn't say.


	2. the after

**Notes for the Chapter:**

> "Steampunk Sex After Being Magically Revived From Death" doesn't seem to be a tag so I don't quite know how to classify this one. I didn't get too specific in the story bc it was making me laugh too hard, but if you've seen Ginkotsu ever then uhhhh take a wild guess as to what's probably going on down there.

Ginkotsu was accustomed to cleaning all manner of substances off his weapons: grass, mud, fibers of shredded clothing, and of course the blood, fat and bone that came part and parcel with a good day's work. Faced with ten years' worth of rust, however, he was forced to admit defeat. Renkotsu had of course anticipated this and collected the necessary replacements. Normally he would appreciate this far more than he did now.

His reluctance stemmed from no sentimental attachment to his old tools; change meant progress. Something to be welcomed with open arms. But giving up the weapons that functioned more or less as part of his body, in exchange for mere replacements? That was hardly progress. These, he promised himself, would be upgraded as soon as they had a chance to regroup. But Renkotsu had a job for him first, so he contented himself for the moment with inspecting the replacements.

Meanwhile Renkotsu was busy inspecting him.

"No rusting anywhere," he said, half to himself in that matter-of-fact tone that meant he didn't want a response. "Temperature, normal; pulse, normal. We've been completely regenerated."

The weight of this new sword was slightly different. He'd have to get used to that.

"Have you eaten since being revived? Relieved yourself?" Now he was looking for answers.

"I've been with you the whole time."

Renkotsu smiled thinly.

"True. An excess of scientific curiosity." Then he was off again. "Pain response..."

"Ow."

"...normal. How many fingers? ...Yes, two..." He touched the hollow of Ginkotsu's neck and pushed in slightly. The world swam for a few moments and then realigned.

Renkotsu nudged his chin upwards. He leaned his head back obediently, keeping his balance carefully—tricky when he was sitting down like this—and there was a heavier pressure against what must have been the shard in his throat. The sky and treetops swam in front of him and suddenly there was no balance to keep; he was floating somehow, his body being pulled into that one single point.

The pressure let up just as abruptly and the world rearranged itself. Renkotsu was frowning as he floated back into focus.

"So we're more or less dependent on these, then." He leaned in close and tried his tongue this time, gently at first, almost thoughtfully, then pushing in harder.

Ginkotsu wondered for a moment if he was going to sink his teeth in and tear the thing out. He wouldn't have minded it that much, honestly, except there probably wouldn't be any coming back from that one. Not that it would be a bad way to go, but there was so much to do still, with ten years of technological advancement that they'd only just scratched the surface of in their short time above ground.

He might, possibly, have made some kind of pleased noise at the thought, because Renkotsu laughed suddenly and drew back, looking up at him.

"Do you know how predictable you are?" That seemed to break the spell, and he turned again to examine the pile of weapons—a trifle disorganized, maybe, from some points of view. "Now, I know I got you everything you need, but what you've been doing with it, I can't quite tell."

"They're all where they need to be."

"Oh, really?"

"It seems like cheating," he said, suddenly doubtful. "You know, these... shard things."

Renkotsu spared him a single incredulous look. "You've been cheating death for years."

" _You_ did that. It doesn't count," he said, and Renkotsu sighed the way he sometimes did just before the abrupt end of a conversation. "You did it honestly, I mean," he went on quickly. "No magic or demon nonsense in it."

"Sometimes I wonder about that." He found something very interesting on the right side of the pile, shifting out of Ginkotsu's field of vision. As he did, sometimes, perfectly naturally—but this time it felt more deliberate. "Well, I cheat, at least. That's what I'm best at, in case you've forgotten."

"That's a different kind of cheating. It's not fake. It's just cleverness."

"It's successful, is what it is. The only fake cheating is the kind that fails. Honestly," he added, snappishly, "you, out of all of us, complaining about being alive through extraordinary measures!";

"It just feels different."

"A lot of things are different now. _You'll_ get used to it."

The stressed word was hard to ignore. He could have turned his head if he felt like it, to catch sight of Renkotsu with his left eye, but didn't. He felt fairly sure that Renkotsu simply didn't want to be seen right now.

"You're worrying more than before," he said. Tried to say offhandedly, but of course there was no doing that with Renkotsu.

"I am worrying according to the situation in which we find ourselves."

"Well..." He tried to search for something helpful to say. "What should I be doing?"

"Try _exactly what I tell you to do_." Renkotsu slipped back into view, stooping to examine a pile of wires as if he hadn't been the one to set it down in the first place.

"I always do."

"I don't recall telling you to die," Renkotsu said curtly. His mouth twitched in revulsion, as if he'd surprised himself, and he went on, a bit louder, "Try not to let that happen again, if you possibly can. I don't know what you expect me to do if you're not capable of following instruction." His tone was mocking, as if aimed half at himself for bothering to speak, but the volume might have passed for firmness, to someone who didn't spend most of their time listening for his voice.

They'd been avoiding the subject, and he'd expected the moment, when it came, to be awkward. His eye met Renkotsu's two, suddenly direct and angry and nervous and aimed at him, and there was only one thing to say.

"Of course not. Not this time."

"Oh, really." He turned his gaze back to the wires and pretended to examine them for a few moments longer. When he was ready to look at Ginkotsu again he stood up and did so, back to something approaching his usual demeanor. "Well?"

"Well what?"

"You're ready, aren't you?"

Well. He was.

"Can't help it."

"Mm. How flattering."

Renkotsu was always quick about undressing, and the process was interesting to watch, as were any kind of skillful motions. But when he looked up to find himself being watched, it was clear from his expression that he was not in the usual mood.

"Don't drag it out. I'm after the results." He nodded impatiently at the bottle of oil.

"I only have so much of it left—" Ginkotsu began. Not that he was arguing, but there was still a lot to oil and he'd been using it with the expectation of having the full bottle.

"And who do you have to thank for having any at all?"

Ginkotsu eyed the bottle one more time and gave up. The weapons wouldn't have to last much longer before they were replaced.

* * *

"Pay attention to anything that seems different."

He couldn't quite feel Renkotsu directly, but he felt his own weight shifting as Renkotsu settled into his lap with a familiar motion. He wondered occasionally if gun oil was really the best choice for this, but it was always convenient when they needed it. And Renkotsu had never voiced any objections. He seemed to feel it was best to use something that wouldn't clog up the attachment.

"Mmph—careful." The attachment was, by design, just a little too big to fit without some preliminary stretching.

"How many fingers?"

"Very funny." Renkotsu squeezed down, deliberately. "I don't think you're treating this with the seriousness it deserves."

"I am," he protested. "I'm just thinking, you might be tighter since we regenerated."

"Oh, _really_?"

This attachment took a little more effort to activate than the others, but as he concentrated it clicked out fully and into place. He could feel the heat too, dimly. The cogs and gears all made their way back to his remaining nerves eventually, and it was pleasant enough to be worthwhile for him too. He'd do it anyway, as long as Renkotsu wanted him to. But of course Renkotsu was thoughtful and clever enough to figure out a way to make him feel good too.

Renkotsu's back arched slightly as he settled himself down in the same old way, eyes open and fixed on him as if daring him to try stopping. He knew that Renkotsu valued him partly as the physical manifestation of his own skill and brilliance. But that was only as it should be. He appreciated that about himself too. He was a masterpiece, after all.

Renkotsu exhaled sharply, leaning into him as his breath grew shaky.

"Slower," he said, face buried in the side of his neck for a moment.

Ginkotsu slowed down a bit.

"You said to hurry up." —not questioning, just making sure.

"Shut up and fuck me." Renkotsu leaned back, arms still around his neck, and gave him that look, the one no one got to see but him. The one that said _please_ , the one that said _I'm lowering myself to_ asking _because it's you and I know you'll do it because it's me_.

When he was satisfied, he purred.

He'd considered once or twice what it might be like if he weren't this lucky. It seemed, occasionally, like the odds must be very much against it happening.

But the evidence added up, no matter how he looked at it. Renkotsu was smarter than anyone else in the world. Therefore, whatever Renkotsu wanted someone to do was the best thing they possibly could do. Most people could make Renkotsu happy by dying. There were six people in the world he preferred to be alive. That mad him one of the six luckiest people in the world, at the very least. And out of those six, he was the only one Renkotsu had saved and fixed and made stronger. There couldn't be anyone else with a body like his in the world, because there was only one Renkotsu in the world. Therefore, he was the luckiest person in the world.

Renkotsu was of course better at that kind of thinking than he was, so he'd explained that reasoning to him once, just to make sure. He'd seemed to approve, so there'd been no more need to wonder since.

Still, he couldn't quite help going over it again in his head. Coming back from the dead was bound to make anyone feel a little philosophical. And if Renkotsu was worried about something that meant there was something to be worried about.

He knew, though, that he wasn't the kind of the person who could solve things by puzzling over them. Life had always been full of surprises and he'd accepted them as they came. All he needed to know is that once again he'd become harder to kill. If Renkotsu saw a problem, he would figure out how to fix it, and the rest of them would fix it. That was how it had always worked. There had been a time before they'd met, before _always_ , but even before the passage of ten years, that time had come to seem as distant as his childhood. He'd started to measure time by which parts of his body Renkotsu had seen the need to improve, and the days passed by with some new alteration always coming to improve upon perfection.

Renkotsu slid in closer, heartbeat thumping against him, echoing into him, gripping his arm tight. He liked his face hidden safely for the brief period of incoherence that meant he was close.

The only part that bothered him, really, was that he'd never used any kind of magic. It was always a point of pride that he used nothing but the tools and weapons given to humans. Now they had these things inside them. They were something more than human now.

But then, he'd been a little past _human_ for some time now. There was no taking back what was done, and no way to turn down this demonic help, whatever exactly it meant. He didn't pretend to understand it fully, but Renkotsu was still warm and tight around him, the heat from his body warming the metal of his own, and he always knew what to do. And if they weren't exactly like they used to be, that was enough the same to satisfy him.

If Renkotsu was worried, it must be right for him to do so, but he himself hadn't been called on to do any worrying. So Renkotsu would think, and Ginkotsu would listen, and things would work out that way because they always had.

Renkotsu tilted his head back as the incoherence passed into climax, as he always did. If he hadn't Ginkotsu would have pushed him away; one experience had been enough to teach them that the spasms of climax did not mix well with heavy machinery.

His eyelashes were always tempting in these moments, but it was also when he least liked to be touched. On another day Ginkotsu might have risked it, but given Renkotsu's present mood he contented himself with watching.

Sooner than usual, the moment was over, and Renkotsu hurried to his feet. No interest in resting today.

"Any differences?"

"Differences?"

"Physically. As I reminded you before we started. Are our bodies functioning any differently than they did before we... before."

"You do feel a little tighter." He didn't quite want to admit he'd gotten distracted—by thinking, of all things. "I'm being serious," he protested before Renkotsu could say anything.

Renkotsu turned and looked down at him, eyebrows raised.

"Fine, then," he said after a moment. "Physical regeneration extending beyond the simple restoration of rotted flesh. That's something."

"And you're walking. Right away."

"So I am." Renkotsu seemed to examine his own legs for a moment. "Enhanced recovery time. I'm not sure why we bothered inspecting _you_ at all, you're not much of a test subject when it comes to flesh."

This was starting to sound like Ginkotsu's cue to leave; Renkotsu's tone said there wouldn't be much use for him until the job was finished. He was about to hoist himself up off the ground—always so much harder than sitting down—when Renkotsu spoke again.

"Try to make it back in one piece."

It was an odd request; not one he was used to hearing.

"Don't I always come back to you?"

Renkotsu shot him an irritated look.

"Never mind. Just remember what I told you about that sword. There's no room for mistakes here."

Again, that was strange. Renkotsu's plans never failed. They both knew that, and Renkotsu wasn't in the habit of feigning modesty.

"Of course I'll come back." He tried to sound as reassuring as possible, but it was difficult to put much emotion into a simple statement of fact. "Or at least..." He trailed off. Maybe Renkotsu wasn't in the right mood for hypotheticals.

"At least _what_? Are you making any other plans I should know about?"

He definitely wasn't in the right mood, but ignoring a direct question wasn't an option.

"Maybe a worthwhile death this time."

Renkotsu's mouth tightened. "There's no such thing."

It was best to let it drop there, Ginkotsu decided. But on that one matter they would have to disagree.

**Notes for the Chapter:**

> probably don't put gun oil in your butt, kids


	3. the hereafter

**Notes for the Chapter:**

> this both uses the drama cd's canon that they all ended up in hell, and ignores the fact that ginkotsu was probably in tank form when he arrived, since he's gone full mecha by the time of the drama cd.

He isn't happy to see Renkotsu in hell, not exactly. It means they lost, that he failed, and that Renkotsu failed, and Renkotsu never fails, except just the one time.

Two times now.

Things are different down here, though; death, which hovered always by one's side in life, is somehow far removed here. Some went through life haunted only by their own death, and that's the difference between them and other men. Or it had been, once.

He's not accustomed to thoughts like that, and he pushes them aside for the moment, though with nothing else to do down here they seem likely to return.

Renkotsu doesn't look at him at first—he's talking to the others about something hard to follow—but after some time they're alone, and here he is, still trying to figure out what to apologize for. For being happy—or relieved, or whatever—to see him again?

He's not prepared when Renkotsu kisses him, arms around his neck, letting go with one for a second to tap impatiently on Ginkotsu's arm to indicate that he wants to be lifted. He lifts automatically, pulling him up sidesaddle. He's not used to feeling Renkotsu right up against his chest, he's not used to having all of his face there to feel—actually, he's not used to being kissed at all. Right there, on the mouth.

He's also not used to lifting with both flesh and blood arms. Renkotsu leans into him, and he leans backwards, and sits down heavily. The pain is a more unpleasant memory. The only thought he can manage is the last one he remembers from life—keep Renkotsu safe, don't let him get hurt.

Renkotsu squeezes him tight, not seeming to mind the jolt. Or at least refusing to acknowledge it.

"You're still an idiot."

"I guess so," is all he can think of. "Are you all right?"

"I'm dead."

"I mean—" he struggles for a moment. "Is this good? Are you safe? You're not hurt from just now?"

"You go to absolute pieces without me around, don't you?"

"You like me best in pieces."

"True. And how are you feeling now that you're back together?"

"Weak. Horrible."

Renkotsu runs a hand over his jaw—skin and bone again.

"Why don't we put that to good use before we fix it up again." His hand continues, tugging thoughtfully at the ear and hair—real again—before catching Ginkotsu's eye— _eyes_. "What?"

"Nothing, but..."

"You used to like that, didn't you?" He wriggles backward suddenly and leans back on the ground, face half turned away. "If you would, please." His tone is half sarcastic, but there's something else lurking beneath it, something Ginkotsu can't quite reconcile with—anything, really. He's already bending down—as if he could help himself.

But when Renkotsu's acting like this, like there's something he wants to say but won't—that's not Renkotsu. There was plenty he'd never felt like saying when they were alive, and Ginkotsu had never expected him to share it, but when Renkotsu wanted to speak, he spoke. Because whatever he wanted to say was best said.

He doesn't want to know how it happened exactly, doesn't want to picture it, but—"If you tell me who did it, I can—"

"You'll what? Get revenge for me? Have you forgotten where we are?"

"You could figure something out."

Renkotsu laughs, then goes quiet just as suddenly. "You'd better not," he says, subdued. "It doesn't seem to matter any more."

"I don't under—"

"You don't need to. So? How's that worthwhile death looking to you now?"

"Not so good now that you're here."

"I tried to tell you, if you recall. There's no such thing."

"It felt like one."

Renkotsu's eyebrows lift. But, "You're awfully talkative," is all he says. All he _will_ say.

"If something went wrong, it wasn't on my side." He's feeling uncommonly serious, and uncommonly bold. "I did my share."

"Maybe whatever went wrong started with you and your idiot maneuver."

"What _did_ go wrong?"

"Nothing you need to concern yourself with," he snaps. "You and your worthwhile deaths! Don't get it into your head to try for number three."

"I haven't even had one," he says.

Renkotsu is silent, and it's not one of his deliberate silences; Ginkotsu senses that this silence is one he controls somehow, something he has created, and in a desperate effort to be rid of the responsibility he presses on.

"You did this the first time, too. You came right after me."

"So you think I'm following you? Feel free to run off and test that theory. Even you can't think I'm fool enough to do it a third time."

His temper never snaps like this, genuinely and defensively, except to fill in the gaps of some failure in plans, some emptiness in reality when it refuses to meet his expectations, and so Ginkotsu refuses to be distracted by the words and thoughts that Renkotsu understands so well, which are covering something up—something he will never understand and doesn't need to, but there's a further gap, a further emptiness in reality that words won't fill this time.

And if ever there's a gap, if ever the world won't run as Renkotsu knows it should and wills it to, that's when he has to move in to fill the emptiness himself.

"It's not like you. You're supposed to take care of yourself."

"That should be much easier without you around, shouldn't it? No more wasting my time fixing you up." Renkotsu's mouth twists downwards, disgusted—at himself, which was outside any boundary for how things should be. "I got along just fine before you, you know. And look at me now."

"There's nothing wrong." _Except whatever you won't say._

"I made a masterpiece out of you, and you ruined me."

"Sorry. But—" He grasps for the right words, for the nothing and everything they both need. "I still don't see anything wrong."

"You never were much good at looking under the surface. The damage is done, whether or not you can tell. You can't even have the decency to die without leaving me all your mistakes to fix."

"I don't care what you did." It's not hot here, and it's not cold, either; he hasn't been warm in years and years but Renkotsu has been, always. Still is. "You're here. Whatever it was."

"You are _incurably_ stupid. But..." Renkotsu doesn't seem genuinely angry, not after that first flare of indignation. "If I'm thoroughly ruined I might as well stay." He smiles a little ruefully. "It seems I'm not much good without you, anyway."

"You're young yet."

Renkotsu gives him a look. Maybe the wrong thing to say, under the circumstances. "One different step and you might have been a good person. Just you, out of us seven."

"An upstanding human being?" _One final test, after all this?_ "Where's the fun in that?"

"So I can assume you're not planning to make a habit of being noble."

"But—" Ginkotsu starts. "I just thought... was thinking. That it'd be better if you didn't show up. Because you'd be alive, still."

"I think you'd better go back to letting me do the thinking for both of us," Renkotsu says into his ear, and that voice is so low and smooth that one of the edges—smooth as it is—catches his stomach, and makes it go hot in a way he'd forgotten entirely.

"You're not going to leave?"

"Don't you dare let me."

There was, then, just one last request.

"Let me hold onto you for a while. I forgot what it felt like."

Renkotsu huffs something about pointless wastes of time and squeezes his hand so hard it hurts, and sits there for a while, not-quite hearts thumping against each other, and the both of them not-quite breathing in the not-quite air of the barren wastes stretching far away beyond them on all sides.


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